(Washington, D.C.) – U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO) issued the following statement following the apology from Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Robert McDonald for falsely claiming special forces experience.

(Washington, D.C.) – The Washington Post’s Fact Checker looked into U.S. Representative Mike Coffman’s (R-CO) claims to be a Marine Corps combat veteran and determined them to be 100% true, even “award[ing] Coffman the elusive Gepetto checkmark.”